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Mountain Tops Above the Clouds on the Trail Ridge Road, Colorado

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Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1920-1930

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Sanborn Souvenir Company

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.l. to u.r. printed: 485 --- Mountain Tops Above the Clouds on the Trail Ridge Road, Colorado

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: This scene is at a 12,000 foot altitude on \ the highway that joins the eastern and west- \ ern slopes of the Rocky Mountain National \ Park also connecting Grand Lake and Estes \ Park, the two gateways to the Park. Many \ times on this road the traveler is truly up \ among the clouds, sometimes travelling [sic] through \ them.

    c. printed transverse: SANBORN SOUVENIR CO., DENVER, COLO.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.505

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
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